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Friday 24 May 2013, 22:52:17
Top news stories from Egypt
Angry Suez Canal Authority workers in Port Said storm conference worried about Muslim Brotherhood influence over their workplace [Ahram Online] 2013-05-24In solidarity with Tunisian and Egyptian workers IUF, US unions shake up Mondelez shareholders meeting with call to end human rights abuses [IUF] 2013-05-24
A First national strike in Egypt [IndustriALL Global Union] 2013-05-24
Mondelez looks to boost gum sales while it is stuck in the swamp of human rights abuses. [IUF] 2013-05-10
Live ammo used to intimidate striking cement factory workers [Daily News Egypt] For more info 2013-05-07
Other labour news from Egypt
Le Congrès égyptien démocratique du travail est né [IndustriALL] 2013-05-24Nace el Congreso Democrático del Trabajo egipcio [IndustriALL] 2013-05-24
Freedom of association threatened by draft law - Egyptian civil society says [Ahram Online] 2013-05-24
Scores of Egyptian migrant workers deported from Libya for 'illegal entry' [Ahram Online] 2013-05-24
Première grève nationale en Égypte [IndustriALL] 2013-05-23
Primera huelga nacional en Egipto [IndustriALL] 2013-05-23
Amid increasing unemployment and inflation poverty on the rise: ECESR [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-22
Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike [The Times-Union] 2013-05-20
Sinai security forces begin strike over kidnapped soldiers [Ahram] 2013-05-20
Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike over death of colleague [Arab News] 2013-05-20
Workers at North Cairo Electricity Co end strike [Ahram on line] 2013-05-20
North Cairo may face power outages as workers strike [Ahram Online] 2013-05-19
Illegal workers storm Egypt’s consulate in Jeddah [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-19
Unemployment Rate Rises to 13.2 Percent [Asway Masriya] 2013-05-16
Workers clash with Petrojet company security [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-16
Average salaries grew 20% in 2012: Official statistics body [Ahram Online] 2013-05-14
Electricity company workers on strike [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-13
Workers in Egypt raise new, free voices [IndustriALL Global Union] 2013-05-10
Египетские рабочие поднимают свой голос свободы [IndustriALL] 2013-05-09
Les travailleurs égyptiens font entendre leurs voix libres [IndustriALL] 2013-05-09
Trabajadores egipcios alzan sus voces libres [IndustriALL] 2013-05-09
Египетский демократический рабочий конгресс поддерживает рабочих «Mondelez» [IUF] 2013-05-08
Cadbury workers in UK link with Egyptian union to stand up against Mondelēz human rights abuses [IUF] 2013-05-06
Tough penalties to be imposed after travel agencies raise concerns about sexual harassment of tourists by hotel staff [Ahram Online] 2013-05-06
Union to appeal railway workers guilty verdict in Badrashin accident [Ahram Online] 2013-05-06
Mondelez tight-lipped on union 'abuse' claims [Just-food] 2013-05-03
Labouring with old demands [Al-Ahram Weekly] 2013-05-03
Egyptians mark MayDay with march on Tahrir Square [Ahram on line] 2013-05-02
For labor in Egypt - little progress since the revolution [Vice] 2013-05-02
Hundreds join protests to mark May Day [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-02
Two-month-old labour action at Ideal Standard International Egypt – like several other post-revolution labour disputes – remains unresolved [Ahram Online] 2013-05-02
ête du travail, à chacun ses comptes [Al-Ahram] 2013-05-01
Work-related injuries, deaths under-reported in Egypt: Experts [Ahram Online] 2013-05-01
Striking employees occupy courts at State Council in Cairo to demand higher wages and better working conditions [Ahram Online] 2013-05-01
Morsi addresses workers ahead of May Day [Daily News Egypt] 2013-05-01
For May Day, minister vows to improve labor laws, especially those relating to labor rights and freedoms [Ikhwan Web] 2013-05-01
La première conférence de l’EDLC s’engage à lutter en faveur de l’indépendance des syndicats et à soutenir les travailleurs de Mondelez [UITA] 2013-04-30
May Day Statement: We want to work, we want decent wages we want free unions [Mena Solidarity Network] 2013-04-30
Egypt: Ideal Standard workers appeal for solidarity [Mena Solidarity Network] 2013-04-29
Women protest against minister’s remarks [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-29
Women's groups rally against Info Minister accused of harassing working female journalists [Ahram Online] 2013-04-29
Striking Egypt police close security HQs in Ismailia, Kafr Al-Sheikh [Ahram Online] 2013-04-29
Tax workers demand higher pay [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-28
Women's movement protests Information Minister harassing female journalists [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-28
Journalist union demands minister resign over sexually offensive comments against women colleagues [Ahram Online] 2013-04-28
Information Minister Denies Possible Wage Cuts For Maspero Workers [Aswat Masriya] 2013-04-25
Workers accuse national gas company of corruption [The Daily ] 2013-04-25
Health workers demonstrate for funding, framework at Shura Council [Egypt Independent] 2013-04-24
Professional syndicates call for protests in solidarity with judiciary [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-24
No plans to cut ERTU salaries: Egypt information minister [Ahram Online] 2013-04-23
Workers in independent unions plan May 1 protests [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-23
State TV workers demand sacking of Brotherhood's Info Minister [Aswat Masriya] 2013-04-22
State media employees protest pay cuts, demand minister's dismissal [Ahram Online] 2013-04-22
Employees protest at Maspero, the state radio and television building call for the removal of Minister of Information [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-22
Workers raise a list of demands [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-21
State TV employees demand information minister dismissal [Egypt Independent] 2013-04-20
Railways ground to a halt on Sunday as train drivers staged a nationwide strike [Al-Ahram] 2013-04-17
Workers at the students’ dormitories at Cairo University protest against the imprisonment for their colleagues [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-15
Independent trade unions call for mass demonstrations in Tahrir [The Daily News] 2013-04-14
Qena strikers detained for four days [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-14
Workers in Damietta protest rising prices [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-14
State backs down on forcing striking train drivers into army [Egypt Independent] 2013-04-12
Ministry of Transport reverses public mobilisation for train workers [Daily News Egypt] 2013-04-12
Army tries to break train drivers strike [Mena Solidarity Network] 2013-04-10
Egypt train services resume after strike [Ahram on-line] 2013-04-09
Train drivers resumer work [Al Bawaba] 2013-04-09
Train services resume after strike ends [Ahram] 2013-04-09
Egypt train drivers strike over wages [AJ] 2013-04-09
Railway drivers on strike [The Daily News] 2013-04-08
Railway Authority incentives to prevent train driver strikes [The Daily News] 2013-04-08
Strike paralyzes Egyptian railways [Arab News] 2013-04-08
Забастовка машинистов железных дорог, требующих реформы заработной платы, парализовала страну [РИАНовости] 2013-04-08
Strike in Egypt brings railway service to a halt [Al Arabiya] 2013-04-08
У Єгипті через страйк припинено рух потягів [ЛІГА.новини] 2013-04-08
Train drivers, conductors strike, halt services across country [The Post] 2013-04-07
Lawyers syndicate headquarters targeted by police after it opened doors for injured protesters in April 6 anniversary clashes [Ahram Online] 2013-04-07
24 injured in protests on Mahalla strike anniversary [Ahram Online] 2013-04-07
National rail strike averted [Ahram Onlime] 2013-04-07
Revolutionary history relived: The Mahalla strike of 6 April 2008 [Ahram] 2013-04-06
Railway workers threaten full strike [The Daily News] 2013-04-03
Egypt: Cement Workers Seek to Shed Low-Wage Temp Status (with a video) [CTUWS] 2013-04-02
В Александрии работники паспортной службы добились повышения зарплаты, проведя сидячую забастовку прямо на взлетно-посадочной полосе [РБК] 2013-04-02
Egypt reopens Alexandria airport after runway protest [Reuters] 2013-03-31
עיתונאים בקהיר הפגינו וחסמו רחובות במרכז העיר [אתר המפלגה הקומוניסטית הישראלית] 2013-03-29
How public sector unions helped to unleash a surge of democratic reform [PSI] 2013-03-29
Urgent.. The Founding Congress Of The Egyptian Democratic Labor Confederation (EDLC) [EDLC] 2013-03-29
هام وعاجل.. المؤتمر التأسيسى لمؤتمر عمال مصر الديمقراطى [EDLC] 2013-03-29
International Campaign Against Multinational Set Up in Egypt and Tunisia for Violation of Union Rights [TAP] 2013-03-28
Hundreds of Egypt's TV & radio workers want Minister of Information out [Ahram Online] 2013-03-28
State TV workers stage protests in Maspero [Egypt Independent] 2013-03-28
New battle lines for journalists union [Al-Ahram] 2013-03-27
press syndicate accuses presidency of 'intimidating' journalists [Ahram Online] 2013-03-26
הסערה שתחולל ההכרעה הקרובה על מיקומו של נמל העתיד [גלובס] 2013-03-20
Egypts Mahalla brought to a standstill by protests, strikes [Mena Solidarity Network] 2013-03-19
Licencié pour avoir eu un doigt tranché par une machine: la dure réalité de travailler pour Mondelēz [UITA] 2013-03-19
Lose your finger in a machine and you're fired: the brutal reality of working at Mondelez [IUF] 2013-03-19
Government warns bakers against strike action [Reuters] 2013-03-19
Divisions among police result in intermittent ‘strike’ action [Egypt Independent] 2013-03-18
Roughly one-third of Egypt has been hit by police strikes [Ha'aretz] 2013-03-18
Workers Block Alexandria Railway in Labor Strike [allAfrica] 2013-03-17